Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita associated with psoriasis.

Journal Compilation © 2010 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is a chronic subepidermal blistering disorder characterized by circulating IgG anti-basement membrane zone (BMZ) auto-antibodies (1, 2). The EBA antigen has been identified as type VII collagen (3). More than 100 patients with coexisting psoriasis and autoimmune bullous diseases, such as bullous pemphigoid (BP) and pemphigus vulgaris (PV), have been reported in the literature but there have been only a few such cases of EBA (3–5).

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